Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Renovation Continued . . .

The kitchen turns white!!!

I'll take some new pictures tonight of it NOW with new flooring and some wall color!





House!

Hey Friends!

I will dedicate the next few posts to my house!!! It's been awesome to remodel and although the job still isn't done . . . I'm getting there!

Here is a peek at the BEFORE pictures . . . don't worry, it will get better!

Cheers!
Derek









More Beach Pics


Beach Trip!






Hey!


I am now trying to "catch up" on the major events in my life that have happened since I stopped blogging . . .


I had to include a few pic from an AWESOME beach trip Dana, Derrick, Andy and I took back in September. It was fantastic. It was my first time ever going to Cherry Grove. I have to admit, I no longer think the Myrtle Beach area is quite so trashy. I had a wonderful time!


A few pics from our trip should be above.


Cheers!


Derek :)

Hello long, lost friends!

Hey everyone!

After my somewhat dramatic departure from Spain I returned home safely and just chilled for the remainder of the summer.

I was glad to get back to Rock Hill and to start the school year, and I closed on my house in RH on August 18th. Since August my days have been filled with home improvement and lesson plans.

The school year so far is going WONDERFULLY! Looping with my class from 4th to 5th grade was one of the best decisions I think I could have made, because this year has been a delight. I am so luck to work with such awesome teachers and the kids have been, well . . . the same great kids as last year! I truly mean that.

So . . . I'm back! I realized in the past week or so that I really miss blogging. I also realized that lately I have not been doing a great job of keeping my writer's journal and made the executive decision in the land of Derek to merge the two together. Welcome to the most extraordinary tales of the ordinary life of Derek the humble teacher!!! It's not quite as exciting as my trip to Europe that was a BUST but oh well.

Check back often!

Cheers!

Derek